Services
Acupuncture can help with a wide range of conditions
Pain
Chronic and Acute
- Lower Back Pain
- Knee, hips, sciatica
- Neck Tension
- Headaches & Migraines
- Shoulder pain
Stress
Stress and Anxiety
- Insomnia
- Grief, depression
- Mental Health
- Stress
- PTSD
Women’s Health
Every step of a woman’s journey
- Periods problems
- PCOS
- Endometriosis
- Perimenopause
- Menopause
Chronic Conditions
Care and Support
- Digestive Issues
- Diabetes
- Hypo/Hypertension
Immune
Support
Strengthen your natural defenses
- Recurring cold & Flu
- Allergies
- Low Energy
General
Wellbeing
Feel good, be good
- Relaxation
- Boost your energy
- Reset for the week
The use of acupuncture as a complementary or integrative therapy for pain is on the rise. Acupuncture is traditionally thought to restore the normal flow of energy (qi) within the body. It has been demonstrated that acupuncture has multiple effects on the central and peripheral nervous systems in the modern era. By using functional magnetic resonance imaging, it has become possible to study the brain’s response to acupuncture. It is thought that acupuncture can help release endogenous opioids, serotonin, and norepinephrine that can change pain perception by affecting nociceptors, inflammatory cytokines, and other physiologic mechanisms.
A very comprehensive study (McDonald J, and Janz S, 2017) found evidence that acupuncture is effective for 117 conditions. There is a high level of evidence that lower back pain, osteoarthritis of the knee, migraine prophylaxis, headache (tension-type and chronic), insomnia, and constipation can be effectively treated with acupuncture, postoperative nausea & vomiting & pain.